Manifolding sales-book.



W. E. DUNNING.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15. 1916.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918,

4 m zwo no tantra sear aria WILLIAM E. DUNNING, 0F ALLIANCE, OHIO,ASSIGNOR TO THE MCCASKEY REGISTER COMPANY, (INCORPORATED IN 1914,) OFALLIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

MANIFOLDING- SALES-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

Application filed June 15, 1916. Serial No. 103,741.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. DUN- NING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing atAlliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ManifoldingSales-Books, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in sales books, and moreparticularly to manifolding sales books in which a triplicate record maybe simultaneously made of each transaction; and the object of theimprovement is to combine a series of folded sheets forming original andduplicate leaves with a series of intervening triplicate sheets, allbound together at one end, with a carbon interleaf secured at the boundend of the book and another carbon interleaf secured at the other end ofthe book, for making copies of the original leaf upon the obverse faceof the duplicate and triplicate leaves.

The objects of the invention thus set forth in general terms, togetherwith other and ancillary advantages, may be attained by the constructionand arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming parthereof in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the book with some of the leavesslightly raised to illustrate the construction and arrangement thereof;

Fig. 2, a fragmentary side elevation of the book with the manifoldingmeans in operative position;

Fig. 3, a fragmentarv plan view of one of the sheets of the pad, whichare folded to form the original and duplicate leaves; and

Fig. 4, a plan view of one of the sheets of the pad, which form thetriplicate leaves.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The book consists of a pad 1 having a back 2, a plurality of foldedsheets 3 and single sheets l, and transfer sheets 5 and 6 for the sheets3 and 4 respectively.

The folded sheets 8 and the single sheets 4 are alternately arranged andbound together at the lower end of the back 2 as by means of a binder 7to form the pad 1, the folded sheets 3 forming a plurality of sets oforiginal and duplicate leaves 3 and 5 and the single sheets 4 forming aplurahty of triplicate leaves.

The original and duplicate leaves are of the well known paragon type,the duplicate leaf which is equal in length to the length of the pad andslightly longer than the original leaf, being bound at its lower end,while the lower end of the original leaf is free; and the triplicateleaf which is also equal 1n length to the length of the pad, is at itslower end together with the duplicate leaf. The original and duplicateleaves are preferably provided with a suitable printed form, and thetriplicate leaves are preferably colored and may if desired be providedwith a printed form, as shown.

The transfer sheet 5 for the duplicate leaves Which is preferably in theform of a single-faced sheet of carbon paper, is bound at one end to thelower end of the pad, as by means of the binder 7, so that it may bereadily inserted between the original and duplicate leaves; and thetransfer sheet 6 for the triplicate leaves, which is also preferably inthe form of a single faced sheet of carbon paper, is secured to the backof the pad at its upper end, and when extended around the upper freeends of the leaves may be readily inserted between the duplicate andtriplicate leaves.

It will be understood that the line of fold of the original andduplicate leaves is perforated or weakened as at 8, and that theduplicate and triplicate leaves are provided with transverse perforatedor weakened lines near their lower ends as at 9 in order to permit themto be readily detached from each other and from the pad.

In use, it will be evident that with the book in the position as shownin Fig. 2, a record written upon the original leaf 3 will besimultaneously recorded upon the duplicate leaf 3* and the triplicateleaf 4, whereupon by grasping and lifting the original leaf, thetransfer sheet 5 may be thrown back and the original leaf, together withthe duplicate leaf readily detached from the pad along the weakened line9 and then severed from each other, and disposed of as desired. Thetransfer sheet 6 is then thrown back and the triplicate leaf alsodetached from the pad and put in its proper place.

The pad may now be arranged for an other transaction by inserting thetransfer sheets in their-proper place upon the duplicate and triplicateleaves, either one of which transfer sheets may be inserted first, asmay bound be desired, Without interfering With the subsequent insertionof the other.

It Will thus be seen that a sales book is provided which is not onlysimple in construction and cheap to manufacture, but which may be veryeasily and rapidly manipulated and is efficient and practical.

To those skilled in the art of making devices of the class described,various alterations in construction and differing embodiments andapplications of my invention will suggest themselves Without departingfrom the spirit and scope thereof.

I claim l. A sales book including a single pad having a back and aplurality of alternating folded and single sheets bound together at oneend, a transfer sheet secured at the Gcpies of this patent may beobtained for bound end of the pad and adapted to be in-' serted betweenthe folds of the folded sheets, and a second transfer sheet securedtothe back at the other end of the pad so that it may be inserted betweenthe folded and sinthe other end of the pad so that it may be in sertedbetween the duplicate and triplicate leaves.

WILLIAM E; DUNNlNG.

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